Kayra Montañez

Kayra Montañez serves as the Executive Pastor of Ministries of Liquid Church, named one of America’s Top 100 Fastest Growing Churches by Outreach magazine (2018-2023). Since launching in 2007, Liquid has experienced rapid growth and thousands of changed lives across the Northeast. 

Currently, Liquid Church has grown to seven locations around New Jersey with 5,200 people in attendance and more than 3,000 baptisms to date.

Kayra serves as the Executive Pastor of Ministries, overseeing all of our ministries (Discipleship, Next Gen, Young Adults, Special Needs, Dream Teams, Small Groups & Leadership Pipeline) as well as Liquid’s seven campuses. She’s also a part of Liquid’s Teaching Team, known for creatively communicating the Bible with cultural insight, heart, and humor.

Kayra has served at every level in ministry over a decade of ministry experience at Liquid. She started as a volunteer, led Liquid’s largest and broadcast location as the Campus Pastor for four years, served as the Pastor of Campuses, and is now on the Senior Leadership Team as the Executive Pastor of Ministries.

A graduate of the University of Puerto Rico School of Law, Kayra is originally from Puerto Rico, where she worked as a labor and employment attorney for 10 years. She and her husband, Jose, enjoy life with their two children in northern New Jersey.